Despite being commonplace in other areas of the world, mobile streaming television is still in its infancy in Europe, however Sky have launched an application for the iPhone, which should move things on a little.  The app in question is simply called Sky Mobile TV and yes, it does exactly what you would expect!

However, before we get to excited, there are one or two restrictions in play.  Firstly, although the app is free to download, you’ll have to pay a £6 monthly subscription fee, for which you’ll get access to the standard Sky Sports package you can have if you’re a residential Sky subscriber, meaning Sky News and all the Sky Sports and ESPN channels.  So although you won’t be getting Sky One, you will be getting all the major football, golf and other big sporting events.

Secondly, as with other iPhone high bandwidth applications, it’s only usable over Wi-Fi and not 3G.  Although this isn’t so much of a problem these days with the growing amount of Wi-Fi hotspots, it can never truly be classed as streaming TV on the move if you can’t watch it whenever you want.  None of the above changes if you’re an Orange iPhone user, however O2 are offering three months free subscription to the service to all its iPhone customers.

So, has anyone tried this yet?  We would love to know your thoughts on the quality of the picture, standard of service and so on.  We’re certainly hoping this is a success, as we predict Sky will follow it up with other channels in the future if this one gets enough subscribers.